[Guide] New user? Your complete Guide to OS X Tiger

Posted 27 June 2006 - 04:33 AM

icey-ice-ice

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Intro

You might have realized that windows XP is a real joke. XP to me is a smilie i normally use for gaming = joke! and if you have ever noticed if you say osx oh-ess-ex is sound like os - sex and it truly is that great the graphical user interface is like jenna jameson right on your desktop!

Easy to use user interface

The Dock:This can do everything the start menu can do. simply click on an icon and the program will launch! there is also a trash bin and a link to your system prefrences ( this is like your contraol panel )

The Menu Bar:This is not a Finder bar! this is a common mistake people often make. this basically adapts t ay prgram giving many options. play around with it and you will find it very usefull. there is also an apple icon to the left hand side of the menu bar when clicked a menu will appear this menu is important because you can log out shut down and reboot from here!

The Universal Access preference pane allows you to turn on Mouse Keys. When Mouse Keys is on, you can use the numeric keypad to move the mouse. If your computer doesn't have a numeric keypad, use the Fn (function) key.

Other Commands Keystroke Description Option-Command-D Show/Hide Dock Command-Tab Switch application tab Highlight next item Command-Up Arrow Move up one directory Command-Down Arrow Move down one directory Page Up or Control-Up Arrow Move up one page Page Down or Control-Down Arrow Move down one page Option-Drag Copy to new location Option-Command-Drag Make alias in new location Command-Drag Move to new location without copying Shift-Command-C Show Colors palette in application Command-T Show Font palette in application Command-Shift-3 Take a picture of the screen Command-Shift-4 Take a picture of the selection Command-Shift-4, then press Control while selecting Take a picture of the screen, place in Clipboard Command-Shift-4, then Spacebar Take a picture of the selected window Option-Command-esc Force Quit Control-Eject Restart, Sleep, Shutdown dialog box Control-Command-Eject Quit all applications and restart Option-Command-Eject orOption-Command-Power Sleep Command-click window toolbar button (upper right corner) Cycle through available views for the window's toolbar (dependant on the nature of the Finder or application window) Command-` Cycle through windows in application or Finder (if more than one window is open) Function-Delete (PowerBook, iBook only) Forward Delete (delete the character to the right of your cursor)

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